Environment Tribunal stops Phase 2 of Standard Gauge Railway

Some of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) locomotives during a test run from Nairobi to Mombasa on March 8 this year. [Gideon Maundu, Standard]

Construction of the Sh63 billion Phase Two of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) from Nairobi to Naivasha has been stopped.

National Environment Tribunal ordered the Kenya Railways Corporation (KRC) not to proceed with Phase 2A of the project until it determines whether or not proper environmental assessment on the route was done.